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Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #15 –
The only thing worse than the loss is the glee in BT's voice. he spent 1/2 the broadcast telling us he doesn't barrack for anybody, then when the Dees got on a roll he lost some much self-control he virtually evacuated himself.

This attitude manifests itself in those two frees against Hewett and Evans, the only two frees like it paid for the whole game 20m out of dead in front of the Dees goal. Fans expect it, the opposition expect it, now the officials expect it. If our club chooses stoic silence we are doomed to repeat this over and over again. I thought we had a hard nut in control as CEO, he's gone missing too!

In the Crows game BT spent an hour banging on about a wrong decision, in our game he let them both go through to the keeper, and if we don't address it it'll keep happening in the line ball decisions, and today they weren't even line ball!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #16 –
I'm done. I left with five minutes to go, have never walked out in my 50 years. The money and energy put into this club has been a waste. My kid bleeds blue and he's about to become an adult and known almost nothing but this rubbish. Blow it up. Coach and the senior core, gone. Start again and find some players with heart.
What happened to my old profile?????

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #17 –
That's it, Voss has to go - end of story !!
"The Other Teams Can Rot In Hell"

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #18 –
Quote from: kruddler – on
Some might say they predicted this from us this year.
Others would say that person was being negative.

Some might say that a few losses and people would immediately start calling the coaches head.
Others said that we wouldnt be put in that position because we are half decent and play crap teams early.

Well...
Some are not surprised that the pitchforks have already been sharpened...

All going to script so far.... unfortunately.

What you say is  sad, but true unfortunately.   GWright and co. allowed MV to run out year 5, obviously just for the sake of some continuity and stability.   Probably about now they may be regretting that decision  -  even if the results aren't that surprising,  but just the manner we have wilted will be setting off huge alarm bells......    Sooner or later something has to give,   and no prizes for guessing what comes next.  

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #19 –
Could just sense it in the second, even tho we were up they had a heap of shots at goal and we barely had any.

You could sense the change coming and sure enough it happened.

Saw inexcusable errors - H by himself in a paddock kicks it badly into f50, melb get it and go score a goal. They had confidence and Gawn was killing us.

Kemp was absolutely putrid, some
Shocking kicking errors from Carroll
And Ollie. When they pressured us we couldn’t sustain our gameplan. The two frees were pathetic but the dice had already been rolled and we knew how it would go.

Im embarrassed, i feel sorry for Jagga and for Talor, he should have had his debut game be a win.

We can’t expect to do the same thing and get a different result. Im over it.

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #20 –
I think I first stated more than two years back on this very forum, that whoever was in charge of our sports psychology needs to be given the ar5e. Under pressure we shrink up our own clacker, now we are habitually thinking ourselves into the mire.

List management is not terrible on a pick by pick basis but we have a bad team mix, too many church mice not a single enforcer to be seen. So much so a midget like Kosi regularly beats up on us, it feels like London.

There is nothing fair or safe about AFL, it's brutal, and if you're not prepared to be brutal back you'll surely lose.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #21 –
If only we had an experienced coach waiting in the wings ::)
2025... Moir of the same to come

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #22 –
Where do I start? Before I talk about Gawn, let me start with us. I said we'd smash Melbourne and for a couple of quarters it was looking on the cards. I felt like we moved the ball well and defended the ground very well. In the first two quarters, when Melb moved the ball from defence, we seemed to give up grass fwd of the the wing and  mids and defenders seemed to position themselves to where the ball was likely going to go to. They choked the avenue to goal and repelled very well.
Pitto appeared, to me at least, to concede at the centre ball up and see if he could impact when the ball hit the ground.
The above all worked for 2 qtrs, then the wheels fell off (especially in the last qtr). The mids got beaten up, the defenders were under pressure and they got back in the game, simple as that. They laid down their arms and showed zero fit and grit.

I have seen some superstars of the game put on some clinics in my time but Gawn was a colossus today. If they didnt have him, I'd go as far to say they wouldnt win a game.
When they needed him, he stood even taller if that's even possible. He tapped everything to advantage and seemed to mark everything  in packs that came his way. If he didnt mark it, he influenced where the ball needed to go. What a player.

We had some dead set passengers today, I wont go into it by naming names, the selection committee SHOULD sort that out assuming there are some able bodied replacements that can come in.

A 63 point turn around is unacceptable in any language, however given our mental fragility it was always on the cards.

Such is Life (as a Carlton Supporter).

On to next week I guess.



2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
2025-Carlton can win the 2025 AFL Premiership

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #24 –
Quote from: Thryleon – on
We wont win many carrying witches hats.

Kemp, o keefe, chesser, young.  Just deer in the headlights stuff from these guys.  Also we had short options clear and started kicking longer to contests instead.
I thought Young was ok today. Disposal was shaky a couple of times but was far from our worst. The others yep. One of those touched it 7 time and didnt trouble the scorers. His counter part at the other end touched it 9 times and kicked 4.1.
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
2025-Carlton can win the 2025 AFL Premiership

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #25 –
What an absolute shambles of an organisation.

Out coached by a newbie with 2 games experience.

Slow, dumb decision makers and poor execution sums up 3/4a of our list.

The sadest part is imo the players give their all they cant play much better. They are what they are and we have known this for years.

Wright has to take a massive broom through the list and find a capable coach to lead.

Walker must be spewing he is coming to us.

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #26 –
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
Quote from: Thryleon – on
We wont win many carrying witches hats.

Kemp, o keefe, chesser, young.  Just deer in the headlights stuff from these guys.  Also we had short options clear and started kicking longer to contests instead.
I thought Young was ok today. Disposal was shaky a couple of times but was far from our worst. The others yep. One of those touched it 7 time and didnt trouble the scorers. His counter part touched it 9 times and kicked 4.1.

Young is symbolic of our list.
the bloke tries his heart out but his disposal is not at the standard and his decision making under any pressure is heart in the mouth stuff. If we were even a middle of the road team he does not play.

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #27 –
Quote from: madbluboy – on
Quote from: LordLucifer – on
That's it, Voss has to go - end of story !!

Voss has been set up to fail.

By a club who just in the last 24 hours stated that they expect to finish top 10.
The same club that took some of his elite players and watched them head out the door.

If the club had said its a building year. Fine.
To demand results from a team that was already sub-par.....and lost talent....is laughable.

Its certainly not in Vossys nature, but i'd love it if he threw the keys back to the club and said, you deal with it and see how well you do.

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #28 –
Quote from: madbluboy – on
Quote from: LordLucifer – on
That's it, Voss has to go - end of story !!

Voss has been set up to fail.
We're are 3 games in, lets see how it plays out.
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
2025-Carlton can win the 2025 AFL Premiership
 

Re: AFL Rd 3 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #29 –
Quote from: Bluesers – on
Quote from: kruddler – on
Some might say they predicted this from us this year.
Others would say that person was being negative.

Some might say that a few losses and people would immediately start calling the coaches head.
Others said that we wouldnt be put in that position because we are half decent and play crap teams early.

Well...
Some are not surprised that the pitchforks have already been sharpened...

All going to script so far.... unfortunately.

What you say is  sad, but true unfortunately.   GWright and co. allowed MV to run out year 5, obviously just for the sake of some continuity and stability.   Probably about now they may be regretting that decision  -  even if the results aren't that surprising,  but just the manner we have wilted will be setting off huge alarm bells......    Sooner or later something has to give,   and no prizes for guessing what comes next.

There were probably a couple of reasons for keeping Voss.
Last year of his contract...let him see that through without sacking him.
Show were not doing the "old knee jerk thingy"
Assess it mid-year and make a decision then.

The coaches Wright wanted may not have been available this year.
Doesn't necessarily mean they haven't been spoken to, and perhaps even locked in.

I'm curious about the player coach relationship...it seems good in those team meetings.
Players say the right thing and accept a large bit of the responsibility.

But they're certainly making it difficult for Voss, and the end may come sooner rather than later.
There comes a point when events take over a lot of the decision making processes.